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  1. Pumice is a type of volcanic rock.
  2. Pumice is produced when lava with a very high content of water and gases is thrown out of a volcano.
  3. It contains useful properties only when its young and unalterd.
  4. Pumice is used sometimes for natural skin care
  5. Pumice is a igneous rock.
  6. Pumice is extrusive.
  7. Used for concrete
  8. Floats on water
  9. When more gas is present, there is a finer-grained type of pumice called pumicite.
  10. The name pumice comes from the latin word pumex which means foam.
  11. Pumice has a low density
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sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumice, http://www.mii.org/Minerals/photopumice.html, http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/expert/pumice.htm,
http://www.reade.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=655&Itemid=10, http://www.eoearth.org/article/Pumice,
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/pumice.aspx#2

BY:JERRY DUNMIRE, AND DEVIN KOOKER